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Jean-Louis Falquet
Jean-Louis Falquet (19 November 1786 in Geneva – 6 November 1842 in Geneva) was a Genevan politician and banquier. Life Business career Together with four other limited partners, he founded the bank ''De Candolle Mallet & Cie'' in Geneva on 23 July 1805, the day on which the partnership's deed of incorporation was signed. Today, the bank is known as the Pictet Group. Military Career Falquet was an officer in the French army, which is why he was "banished for life in absentia", (bannis à perpétuité par contumace) in the First Geneva Revolutionary Court (Le premier tribunal révolutionnaire Genevois) in the summer of 1794. Political career Falquet was a member of the Geneva government during and after the Restoration: * 1813 Member of the Provisional Council (one of 22) that restored the Republic of Geneva on 31 December 1813 * 1814 Clerk of State * 1815 Member of the Council of State (''Conseil de l'État'') and sole State Clerk * 1816 Second Clerk of State.As he wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneva
Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated in the south west of the country, where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Canton of Geneva, Republic and Canton of Geneva. The city of Geneva () had a population 201,818 in 2019 (Jan. estimate) within its small municipal territory of , but the Canton of Geneva (the city and its closest Swiss suburbs and exurbs) had a population of 499,480 (Jan. 2019 estimate) over , and together with the suburbs and exurbs located in the canton of Vaud and in the French Departments of France, departments of Ain and Haute-Savoie the cross-border Geneva metropolitan area as officially defined by Eurostat, which extends over ,As of 2020, the Eurostat-defined Functional Urban Area of Geneva was made up of 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
